Hi,
I too just had a similar problem (go to this post :
Taskbar & startup menu not working & read my problem) & spent all day
yesterday working on it. Some of the suggestions at least helped me at least
to get into my Msconfig. I too didn't have any action on the Taskbar, all I
had was the busy signal when I would move my mouse over it. I had tried
different Restore points & Goback & nothing worked, I must have rebooted my
computer about 50 times with all the trials.
Anyway, I tried booting into Safe Mode & it worked, so I figured it had to
be something that loads up normally. I finally just played with the config
files by first trying Diagnostic mode/startup & then using Selective startup
by unselecting & then selecting items in the Services tab & also Startup tab
& finally managed to turn off the right item that was messing up my taskbar.
Since then it's works fine again.
I still have to uninstall whatever it was somehow that was messing it up but
at least it works. I hope this makes sense.
Dukesfan

"Russ" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am having a problem with the taskbar in Windows. Every now and again it
> does not respond to input ie clicking on the start button, right clicking
> etc. The OS is not frozen, clicking on the desktop works OK.
>
> Eventually the taskbar begins responding again and all the previous attempts
> to access the taskbar occur at the same time ie start menu
> opens/closes/opens/closes etc.
>
> I have had the task manager open when this has occured and the system does
> not show any activity (CPU usage 0-1%).
>
> Any help would be appreciated.